Artist: The Pretenders with Chrissie Hynde
Song: Creep
Album/ DVD: Isle of View
Version: -
by Radiohead (Yorke)
as sung by The Pretenders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrissie_Hynde
on 'Isle of View' (1995) live acoustic concert:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=lML2N4xB9GU
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Isle_of_View
The concert held at London's Jacob Street Studios was accompanied by the Duke Quartet.
AUTHOR:
Tab annotated by Richard Grosser (grosserr@gmail.com)
' Couldn't find any tab that authentically represented this translation of Thom Yorke's
track:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creep_(Radiohead_song).
See Footnotes #1 & #2.
TUNING:
Standard Tuning.
G =========== 320003
B =========== 224442
B7 =========== 224242
Bsus4 =========== 320003
C =========== 033210
Csus4 =========== 320003
Cm =========== 335543
Intro:
G B Bsus4 B C Csus4 C Cm
Verse 1:
CmG
When you were here before
GB
Couldn't look you in the eye
BC
You look like an angel
CCsus4
Your skin makes me cry
Verse 2:
CmG
You float like a feather
GB
In a beautiful world
BC
I wish I was special
CCsus4
You're so fucking special
Chorus:
CmG
But I'm a creep,
GB
I'm a weirdo
BB7C
What the hell am I doin' here?
CCsus4
I don't belong here
Verse 2:
CmG
I don't care if it hurts
GB
I wanna have control
BC
I wanna perfect body
CCsus4
I want a perfect soul
Verse 3:
CmG
I want you to notice
GB
When I'm not around
BC
You're so fuckin' special
CCsus4
I wish I was special....
Refrain:
CmG
She's runnin out... again...
GB
She's running out,
BC
Sh-e run, - run, run, - run...
CCsus4
ru-n...
Verse 3:
CmG
Whatever makes you happy
GB
Whatever you want
BC
You're so fucking special
CCsus4
I wish I was special
CmG
But I'm a creep,
GB
I'm a weirdo
BB7C
What the hell am I doin' here?
CCsus4
I don't belong here
Outro:
CCsus4
I don't belong here...
FOOTNOTES:
1. Weezer covered "Creep" during their 2008 Hootenanny Tour, with bassist Scott Shriner
lead vocals. Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo stated that the song was picked to cover
"it's incredible what they do with four chords, over and over."
2. Thom Yorke confirmed that when the song shifts from the verse to the chorus, Jonny
(Radiohead's bass player) plays three blasts of guitar noise ("dead notes" played by
fret-hand pressure and picking the strings). Greenwood said he did this because he did
like how quiet the song was; he explained, "So I hit the guitar hard - really hard". Ed
said, "That's the sound of Jonny trying to fuck the song up. He really didn't like it
first time we played it, so he tried spoiling it. And it made the song."

About the artist behind Creep Chords:

The Pretenders are an Anglo-American rock band. The original band consisted of group founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). The band was fractured by drug-related deaths and numerous subsequent personnel changes have taken place over the years, with Hynde as the sole constant member.